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verb (used with object)
1.
to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
2.
to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum.
3.
to engulf or swallow up.
4.
to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud.
5.
to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English devouren < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up
1275–1325; Middle English devouren < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up
Related forms
de·vour·er, noun
de·vour·ing·ly, adverb
de·vour·ing·ness, noun
in·ter·de·vour, verb (used with object)
pre·de·vour, verb (used with object)
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devour
early 14c., from O.Fr. devorer, from L. devorare "swallow down," from de- "down" + vorare "swallow" (see voracious).
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